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Keep your valuables secure, pickpockets will take any chance they get to grab your belongings. Many pickpockets are professional and will be invariably well dressed to look like business people or tourists. Pickpockets prey on easy targets - try not to keep your wallet in an easily accessible pocket. |
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Try to learn a few simple phrases in the local language. If you find that hard or do not understand the dialects at least learn to recognise them when written down. Knowing what the sign is for a bus stop, cafe, phone, police or hostel could be very helpful, particularly when arriving somewhere you have never been before. |
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While travelling from place to place keep your luggage locked, if you can't see it do not leave any valuables in it. Take all important belongings with you regardless of mode of transport, a lot can be replaced but passport, photographs and memory sticks filled with experiences are priceless. |
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Don’t drink too much! Thieves will target those who are drunk, distracted or lost. It is very easy to become off guard after a few drinks, and you don’t want to put yourself at risk. Stay in the central bars with friends and if necessary catch a taxi home for safety. |
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Be aware of your surroundings at all times, stay with people you know and inform them if you plan to go somewhere by yourself and what time you intend to arrive back. This will keep your friends from worrying and give them a head start if anything does go wrong. |
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